Waste Management, Inc.
WM stock score: 62/100
$239.10 · +4.15% · Scored Oct 22, 2026
- Technical
- 66
- Fundamental
- 58
- News
- 50
The reading
Waste Management (WM) scores 62 out of 100, which reads neutral, higher than 83% of Industrials stocks and 81% of the 4,166 US stocks we score.
The composite is technicals and fundamentals weighted equally: technicals read 66, fundamentals 58.
Among the fundamentals, Inventory Turnover at 100 and EBITDA Margins at 98 score highest, while Price to Book Ratio at 0 weighs the most against it.
On the daily chart, trend-following indicators average 72 and contrarian oscillators 20 — a split worth reading before trusting the technical total.
News sentiment is neutral at 50; it is shown, not counted in the composite.
Since Jul 24, 2026 the composite has ranged from 52 to 68, and it is down 6 points over the period.
What’s driving the score
The strongest and weakest of the scorers that count toward WM’s composite. Each returns 0–100, higher is more bullish — including metrics where low is good, like P/E.
Fundamental
58Pulling it up
- Inventory Turnover100
Inventory turnover is how many times a year a company sells through its inventory.
- EBITDA Margins98
EBITDA margins measure operating profitability before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization.
- Return on Equity (ROE)96
Return on Equity (ROE) measures how efficiently a company generates profits from shareholder equity.
Holding it back
- Price to Book Ratio0
Price-to-Book ratio compares market value to book value.
- Fair Value0
Fair value score synthesizes multiple valuation methods (DCF, P/E, P/B, P/S) to estimate intrinsic worth.
- Debt to Equity4
Debt-to-Equity ratio measures financial leverage by comparing total debt to shareholder equity.
41 weighted scorers.
Technical · daily
65Pulling it up
- Know Sure Thing (KST)100
Know Sure Thing (KST) combines multiple rate-of-change calculations to identify long-term trend reversals.
- Percentage Price Oscillator (PPO)100
Percentage Price Oscillator shows the difference between two moving averages as a percentage.
- Parabolic SAR (PSAR)100
Parabolic SAR (Stop and Reverse) provides trailing stop levels that follow price trends.
Holding it back
- Bollinger Bands (50)0
Bollinger Bands (50-period) measure where price sits between bands two standard deviations around its 50-period average.
- Bollinger Bands (20)0
Bollinger Bands (20-period) plot standard deviations above and below a moving average.
- Williams %R (28)0
Williams %R (28-period) places the close within the last 28 periods' high-low range.
62 weighted scorers; 3 had no data today and are left out rather than counted as zero.
News · shown, not counted
- Social Sentiment (1W)
- 54
- Global News
- 48
Technical score by timeframe
| Chart | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Hourly | 58 | 1 |
| Daily | 65 | 3 |
| Weekly | 66 | 2 |
| Monthly | 68 | 2 |
| Quarterly | 71 | 2 |
Composite score, last 90 days
Show the daily numbers
| Date | Composite |
|---|---|
| Oct 22, 2026 | 62 |
| Oct 21, 2026 | 61 |
| Oct 20, 2026 | 62 |
| Oct 19, 2026 | 61 |
| Oct 18, 2026 | 62 |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 62 |
| Oct 16, 2026 | 62 |
| Oct 15, 2026 | 60 |
| Oct 14, 2026 | 57 |
| Oct 13, 2026 | 55 |
| Oct 12, 2026 | 55 |
| Oct 11, 2026 | 55 |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 55 |
| Oct 9, 2026 | 55 |
| Oct 8, 2026 | 55 |
| Oct 7, 2026 | 55 |
| Oct 6, 2026 | 55 |
| Oct 5, 2026 | 54 |
| Oct 4, 2026 | 53 |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 53 |
| Oct 2, 2026 | 53 |
| Oct 1, 2026 | 52 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 52 |
| Sep 29, 2026 | 53 |
| Sep 28, 2026 | 53 |
| Sep 27, 2026 | 53 |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 53 |
| Sep 25, 2026 | 53 |
| Sep 24, 2026 | 55 |
| Sep 23, 2026 | 55 |
| Sep 22, 2026 | 53 |
| Sep 21, 2026 | 52 |
| Sep 20, 2026 | 53 |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 53 |
| Sep 18, 2026 | 53 |
| Sep 17, 2026 | 54 |
| Sep 16, 2026 | 54 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 56 |
| Sep 14, 2026 | 55 |
| Sep 13, 2026 | 53 |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 53 |
| Sep 11, 2026 | 53 |
| Sep 10, 2026 | 53 |
| Sep 9, 2026 | 54 |
| Sep 8, 2026 | 56 |
| Sep 7, 2026 | 56 |
| Sep 6, 2026 | 56 |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 56 |
| Sep 4, 2026 | 55 |
| Sep 3, 2026 | 57 |
| Sep 2, 2026 | 57 |
| Sep 1, 2026 | 56 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 55 |
| Aug 30, 2026 | 55 |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 55 |
| Aug 28, 2026 | 55 |
| Aug 27, 2026 | 54 |
| Aug 26, 2026 | 56 |
| Aug 25, 2026 | 56 |
| Aug 24, 2026 | 60 |
| Aug 23, 2026 | 57 |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 58 |
| Aug 20, 2026 | 60 |
| Aug 19, 2026 | 58 |
| Aug 18, 2026 | 57 |
| Aug 17, 2026 | 56 |
| Aug 16, 2026 | 57 |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 57 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 57 |
| Aug 13, 2026 | 57 |
| Aug 12, 2026 | 58 |
| Aug 11, 2026 | 58 |
| Aug 10, 2026 | 58 |
| Aug 9, 2026 | 59 |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 59 |
| Aug 7, 2026 | 59 |
| Aug 6, 2026 | 57 |
| Aug 5, 2026 | 56 |
| Aug 4, 2026 | 56 |
| Aug 3, 2026 | 56 |
| Aug 2, 2026 | 57 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 62 |
| Jul 30, 2026 | 58 |
| Jul 29, 2026 | 60 |
| Jul 28, 2026 | 63 |
| Jul 27, 2026 | 64 |
| Jul 26, 2026 | 61 |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 62 |
| Jul 24, 2026 | 68 |
Key facts
- Market cap
- $95.6B
- Sector
- Industrials
- Industry
- Waste Management
- Beta
- 0.43
- Risk grade (1–10)
- 1
- Next earnings
- Oct 27, 2026
Waste Management peers
| Company | Market cap | Score |
|---|---|---|
| RSG Republic Services | $70.5B | 63 |
| WCN Waste Connections | $42.3B | 60 |
| CLH Clean Harbors | $16.9B | 63 |
| GFL GFL Environmental | $15.7B | 61 |
| CWST Casella Waste Systems | $5.7B | 50 |
Questions
What is WM's stock score today?
WM scores 62/100 (Neutral) as of Oct 22, 2026: technical 66, fundamental 58, and news sentiment 50, which is shown but not counted. Scores are recomputed every night.
Is WM a buy?
The score is not a buy or sell recommendation. A 62 says the technical and fundamental signals we measure lean neutral today, relative to every other stock scored the same way. Use the breakdown above to see why, and treat it as a starting point for your own research.
How is the WM score calculated?
103 weighted scorers feed it today: 41 fundamental, scored against Industrials ranges, and 62 technical on the daily chart, with 5 timeframes blended into the technical total. Every scorer returns 0–100; missing data is left out, never counted as zero.
Scores are information, not investment advice. Computed from Yahoo Finance, Finnhub and Alpha Vantage data; technical indicators via TA-Lib. Past scores do not predict future returns.